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Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Could Provide Clean Energy

Posted by timothy on from the for-my-motorhome-of-the-future dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) have developed cooperatively a new 'green' technology which could lead to clean production of hydrogen from nitrogen-fixing bacteria."

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  1. I assume the other byproduct is snake oil by bunbuntheminilop · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From tfa

    T. maritima ferments sugars to hydrogen and M. jannaschii converts hydrogen to methane

    I don't understand. What's going on at NCSU that they would provide so little detail for this release. How the hell do you covert hydrogen to methane?